Reply to the ‘Comment on “Relating side chain organization of PNIPAm with its conformation in aqueous methanol”’ by A. Pica and G. Graziano, Soft Matter, 2017, 13, DOI: 10.1039/C7SM01065F

Debashish Mukherji; Manfred Wagner; Mark D. Watson; Svenja Winzen; Tiago E. de Oliveira; Carlos M. Marques; Kurt Kremer

doi:10.1039/C7SM01880K

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Reply to the ‘Comment on “Relating side chain organization of PNIPAm with its conformation in aqueous methanol”’ by A. Pica and G. Graziano, Soft Matter, 2017, 13, DOI: 10.1039/C7SM01065F

Debashish Mukherji,

*^a Manfred Wagner,^a Mark D. Watson,^ab Svenja Winzen,

^a Tiago E. de Oliveira,^c Carlos M. Marques

*^d and Kurt Kremer

*^a

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^a Max-Planck Institut für Polymerforschung, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
E-mail: mukherji@mpip-mainz.mpg.de, kremer@mpip-mainz.mpg.de

^b University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055, USA

^c Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

^d Institut Charles Sadron, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France
E-mail: marques@unistra.fr

Abstract

We have recently proposed preferential binding by a cosolvent as the mechanism for chain collapse under co-non-solvency. Here we summarise our earlier works and provide further evidence that alcohol preferentially binds to PNIPAm, forming cosolvent bridges, and thus drives the transition. We also clarify some of the common misconceptions evoked in this debate with Pica and Graziano (PG), reinforcing the arguments of our earlier reply-comment [Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 2292] and published works.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C7SM01880K
Article type: Comment
Submitted: 18 Sep 2017
Accepted: 11 Oct 2017
First published: 11 Oct 2017

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D. Mukherji, M. Wagner, M. D. Watson, S. Winzen, T. E. de Oliveira, C. M. Marques and K. Kremer, Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 7701 DOI: 10.1039/C7SM01880K

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